The troops got under arms at 2 a.m., it being the intention of the Commander-in-Chief to attack at dawn; but such a dense fog hung over the river that the actual advance was delayed until nine o'clock, when the three horse batteries attached to Sir Robert Dick's division galloped to the front, and opened a very heavy fire on the Sikh entrenchments. Under cover of this, Stacey's brigade, which included the Lincolns and Shropshires, moved steadily forward. When within 300 yards of the entrenchments, they were threatened by a body of cavalry, and also came under the enfilading fire of a battery, which inflicted heavy loss on the 53rd. Then, cheering on his men, Dick carried the first line of trenches with a charge, the brave old General meeting his death-wound in the _mêlée_. On the extreme right Sir Harry Smith's attack had been no less successful, but in the centre Gilbert's advance had been checked, owing to the nature of the breastworks in the front, which were from 8 to 10 feet in height, the men having to mount on each other's shoulders before they could force their way in. On Dick's left the 3rd Hussars had also found an entrance to the entrenchments, and were charging down on the enemy, driving them in confusion towards the one bridge which was their one and only chance of safety. CASUALTIES AT THE BATTLE OF SOBRAON. +-------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | |_Officers._| _Men._ | | _Regiments._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | K. | W. | K. | W. | +-------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |Genl. and Divl. Staff | 4 | 8 | - | - | |3rd Hussars | - | 4 | 5 | 22 | |9th Lancers | - | - | 1 | 1 | |16th Lancers | - | - | - | - | |Royal Artillery | 1 | 1 | 6 | 46 | |9th Norfolks | - | 1 | 5 | 28 | |Lincoln | 1 | 2 | 30 | 100 | |29th Worcesters | - | 12 | 32 | 129 | |31st E. Surrey | - | 7 | 35 | 112 | |50th West Kent | 1 | 11 | 41 | 186 | |53rd Shropshire L.I. | 1 | 8 | 7 | 105 | |62nd Wiltshire | 1 | 1 | 3 | 43 | |80th S. Staffs | - | 4 | 13 | 74 | |Royal Munster Fusiliers | 3 | 9 | 33 | 152 | |Gov.-General's Bodyguard | - | 4 | 6 | 38 | |2nd Gardner's Horse | - | - | 1 | 5 | |6th K.E.O. Cavalry | - | - | - | - | |4th Rajputs (British) | 1 | 1 | - | - | |Do. (Natives) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 55 | |5th Light Inf. (British) | - | 2 | - | - | |Do. (Natives) | - | 3 | 8 | 53 | |6th Jat L.I. (British) | - | 2 | - | - | |Do. (Natives) | - | 4 | 7 | 90 | |7th Rajputs (British) | - | 4 | - | - | |Do. (Natives) | 1 | 4 | 8 | 64 |